Heineken will not face sanctions over fake craft beer scandal

Some relief. Heineken will face no sanctions after some of its products were mislabelled and sold as craft beer in a small number of pubs around Ireland, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, which released its finding on 21 November 2016.

The malpractice was discovered in September 2016. Although it is thought that only the Heineken-owned brands Beamish, Murphy’s and Foster’s were sold under craft beer-style names in Cork and Kerry, pubs around the country were found to be selling the same beers as “house” brews.

Heineken Ireland previously commented that the practice of mislabelling beers was not its policy and that this practice has been stopped.